Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-07-27
DAKOTA CONVERSATIONS

Highmors is to have a kindergarten
school.
Kimball is to have its third elevator
this fall.
The grade of the Minneapolis and
Pacific raiiwas is nearly completed
through Cakes.
Another bundle of land patents has
been received at the Huron land Office
some 800 in all.
Prof. Reno. OF New York, has just been
added to the faculty Of the. Methodist
university at Mitchell.
Judge r. q. Petrie, father OF Sheriff
Petrie, Of Bon Romme county, died last
week at Oregon, Illinois.
Some of the assessors ia BrnIe county
are violating the Law by assessing prop
erty at one-third its value.
y The best local newspaper correspon-
dent IN .ae west is located at Highmore.
The Highmorians should vote him q
pension.
The machinery for sinking the Sned-
igar Il Cook artesian well at Huron has
arrived and the work will be done as
rapidly as possible.
A heavy thunder storm occurred al
Pierre Sunday night. Charles Hurst,
OF Fort Pierre. was struck by lightning
and killed. He leaves o wife and five
small children.
Depot grounds for the Duluth, Water-
town and Pacific railroad at Huron
have been selected by Mr.. Jacelyn, SEQ
retary of the road. The foot of the
locomotives on this line will be heard ip
in Huron before November 1.
There has been o change IN the faculty
OF the normal school at Madison. Presi.
dent O.S. Richardsonihss been succeeded
by w. ii Gorrie of Watertown. W. e.
Spregue has Prof. 81. Fl. Mil!er's place
and F. G. Young that of @. E. Curtis.
Master Mechanic William Mcintosh,
in charge Of the Chicago and North
western shops at Huron ever sinee their
location, has been promoted to the posi-
tion of master mechanic of all the lines
OF that road west of Winona in Minne-
sofa and Dakota.
.. Il. Cook of the land department
and =. j. Bliss, townsite agent of the
Chicago and Northwestern railway, we're
In Huron this week. It IS believed their
visit was to arrange for the transfer OF
some land to the Duluth, Watertown &
Pacific company now building to Huron.
Six townships in Beadle county last
year raised 145. 527 bushels of wheat; rs.
066 bushels Of oats; 26 ,553 bushels Of
corn and 1896 bushels OF barley. The
same townships produced from $50 mich
COWS 40,150 pounds Of butter and $50
pounds of cheese.
A boy named Walters, about 10 years
old, was seriously injured at Dell Rapids
Saturday. He was driving one Of the
horses on q harvester when by some ac-
oident he was thrown to the ground, the
harvester passing over his body. HE
jaw was broken and his side badly in
jured.
The Dakota farmers alliance at their
meeting at Huron decided to iucorpo-
rate the organization under the laws OF
the territory. fixing the capital at $780,
0oo. This is done TO enable the alliance
to carry on the business OF insurance of
crops. stock ETC., against hail, lightning,
fire and tornado.
The brick work on the new building
Tor the Bookings sgrisultural college
will be completed in another week; the
steam filters will commence work Mon
day. The engine room will be large
enough to hold 800 tons OF coal in addi-
ton to the machinery. The contract
for the coal will be let at the August
meeting.